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CITY OF MUSKEGON
PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
DATE OF MEETING: Thursday, December 12, 2019
TIME OF MEETING: 4:00 p.m.
PLACE OF MEETING: Commission Chambers, First Floor, Muskegon City Hall
AGENDA
I. Roll Call
II. Approval of Minutes from the regular meeting of November 14, 2019.
III. Public Hearings
IV. New Business
A. Hearing, Case 2019-27: Request to rezone the property at 190 Wood St from RM-1, Low Density
Multi-Family Residential to B-4, General Business District, by SYP Leasing, LLC.
V. Old Business
VI. Other
a. Review of Chapter 5 of “Suburban Nation”
VII. Adjourn
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STAFF REPORT
December 12, 2019
Hearing, Case 2019-27: Request to rezone a portion of the property at 190 Wood St from RM-1, Low
Density Multi-Family Residential to B-4, General Business District, by SYP Leasing, LLC.
SUMMARY
1. The property is accessible from Bayou St, which is located off the Moses Jones Parkway.
2. The parcel measures 12.5 acres and is zoned RM-1, Low Density Multi-Family Residential.
3. The property has been mostly vacant in the recent past, only being used for indoor storage with the
existing buildings on site. However, one of the buildings is on the dangerous buildings list and the
potential buyer would plan to demo it. He would only keep the steel frame building.
4. The potential buyer is proposing to use the remaining building for indoor storage and would also like
to store a fleet of business vehicles outside. The outdoor storage of fleet vehicles in conjunction with
a business is considered a change of use, so the rezoning is required.
5. The applicant is only requesting to rezone a portion of the property to B-4. Please see the map on the
following pages that depicts the portion to be rezoned.
6. A portion of the property is located in the flood zone, please see the Flood Map on the following
pages.
7. Please see the zoning ordinance excerpt on B-4 Zones.
190 Wood St
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Zoning Map
Aerial View
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Flood Map
Portion to be Rezoned
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. The property is not very conducive to residential development.
The developable footprint is severely reduced by the flood zone to the north and the steep hill to the south
DELIBERATION
Motion for consideration:
I move that the request to rezone a portion of the property at 190 Wood St from RM-1, Low Density Multi-
Family Residential to B-4, General Business District be recommended to the City Commission for
(approval/denial).
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